青 春
'犹太'塞缪尔·乌尔曼
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塞缪尔·乌尔曼(1840—1920),犹太人,出生于德国,1851年随家人移民到美国密西西比。乌尔曼虽以教育家和社会活动家而闻名于世,但在文学创作方面也很有才华。他的《青春》因为麦克阿瑟将军的推崇而广为传颂。
青春不是年华,而是一种心态;不是玫瑰般的脸庞,红润的嘴唇和敏捷的双腿,而是坚韧的意志,丰富的想象力,以及无穷的激情;青春是生命深处的一股清泉。
青春意味着勇气多于怯懦,青春意味着喜欢冒险而讨厌安逸。拥有此种品质的人之中,60岁的老人往往多于20岁的年轻人。没有人只因年龄的增长而年老,人们往往因放弃理想而年老。
岁月可使肌肤长满皱纹,但放弃激情可使心灵布满灰尘。焦虑、疑惑、猜疑、恐惧和沮丧——都会挫伤心灵,磨损意志。
不管是白发老人还是青春少年,每个人的心里皆有其喜欢之新奇事物,对星星和类似星星的东西皆有好奇之心,敢于挑战,对未知事物的孩子般的渴求之心,乐于享受生活带来的乐趣。
我们因充满信心而变得年轻;因心存疑虑而变得年老;因自信而年轻,因心存恐惧而年老;因充满希望而年轻,因满怀沮丧而年老。
人人心里都有一座无线电台,只要接收到来自地球、人类和宇宙的美好、希望、勇气、庄严及力量,就会变得年轻。
当心灵的天线倒下,心如大雪般悲观、如冰块般愤世嫉俗时,那时,唯有那时,我们将真正老去。
Youth
Samuel Ullman
Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks; red lips and supple knees; it is a temper of the will; a quality of the imagination; a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life。
Youth means the temperamental predominance of courage over timidity; of the appetite of adventure over the love of ease。 This often exists in a man of sixty more than in a boy of twenty。 Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years。 We grow old by deserting our ideals。
Years may wrinkle the skin; but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul。 Worry; doubt; self…distrust; fear and despair—these bow the heart and turn the spirit back to dust。
Whether sixty or sixteen; there is in every human being’s heart the love of wonder; the sweet amazement at the stars and the star like things; the undaunted challenge of events; the unfailing child…like appetite for what…next; and the joy of the game of living。
You are as young as your faith; as old as your doubt; as young as your self…confidence; as old as your fear; as young as your hope; as old as your despair。
In the central place of your heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives message of beauty; hope; courage; grandeur and power from the earth; from man and from the Infinite; so long are you young。
When the wires are all down; and all the central places of your heart are covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism; then; and only then; are you grown old indeed。
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真实的高贵
'美国'欧内斯特·海明威
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欧内斯特·海明威(1899—1961),20世纪美国著名小说家,生于伊利诺伊州芝加哥市郊。他的作品风格独具魅力,在世界范围内产生了广泛影响。1926年发表的《太阳照样升起》是海明威获得声誉的第一部长篇小说,并成为“迷惘的一代”的代表作品。一战给海明威留下了难以愈合的心灵创伤,并为他创作举世名作《永别了,武器》提供了素材。1952年,中篇小说《老人与海》出版,轰动文坛,并使他获得了诺贝尔文学奖。
风平浪静的大海上,每个人都是领航员。
但是,只有阳光而无阴影,只有欢乐而无痛苦,那就不是人生。以最幸福的人的生活为例——它是一团纠缠在一起的麻线。丧亲之痛和幸福祝愿,彼此相接,让我们一会儿伤心一会儿高兴。甚至死亡本身也会使生命更加可亲。在人生的清醒时刻,在哀痛和伤心的阴影之下,人们与真实的自我最接近。
在人生或者职业的各种事务中,性格的作用比智力大得多,头脑的作用不如心情,天资不如由判断力所节制着的自制、耐心和规律。
我始终相信,开始在内心生活得更严肃的人,也会在外表上开始生活得更朴素。在一个奢华浪费的年代,我希望能向世界表明,人类真正需要的东西是非常之少的。
悔恨自己的错误,而且力求不再重蹈覆辙,这才是真正的悔悟。优于别人,并不高贵。真正的高贵应该是优于过去的自己。
True Nobility
Ernest Hemingway
In a calm sea every man is a pilot1。
But all sunshine without shade; all pleasure without pain—is not life at all。 Take the lot of the happiest—it is a tangled yarn2。 Bereavements and blessings; one following another; make us sad and blessed by turns。 Even death itself makes life more loving。 Men e closest to their true selves in the sober3 moments of life; under the shadows of sorrow and loss。
In the affairs of life or of business; it is not intellect that tells so much as character; not brains so much as heart; not genius so much as self…control; patience; and discipline; regulated by judgment。
I have always believed that the man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without。 In an age of extravagance and waste; I wish I could show to the world how few the real wants of humanity are。
To regret one’s errors to the point of not repeating them is true repentance。
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man。 The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self。
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快乐谷
'英国'塞缪尔·约翰逊
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塞缪尔·约翰逊 (1709—1784);英国词典编纂家、散文家和文学评论家。他一生穷困潦倒,直到历时九载编纂完成《英语词典》,才声名大振。他才学广博,言谈睿智。诗歌代表作《人类欲望的虚妄》反映了他对人生的独到见解,传记《英国诗人传》坚持以事实作传,把英语传记文学推向更高的水平。
他说:“人和其他动物的区别在哪里?在我身旁游走的每个野兽,和我一样都有肉体上的需要:饿了吃草,渴了喝溪水,充饥解渴后将满足地睡去;醒来又饿了,再吃饱休息。我和他一样也会饥渴,但不渴也不饿时,我不休息;我也像他一样因需求匮乏而痛苦,但不像他因需求丰裕而满足。中间这个阶段,冗长而又乏味;我又开始渴望饥饿,好再次加大自己的注意力。鸟儿啄食着浆果或谷物,好像非常快乐地飞到树丛中,停靠在树枝上,并且百无聊赖地吟唱着一成不变的曲调。同样地,我也能叫来琵琶手和歌手,但昨天还能使我愉悦的乐章,今天却令我厌烦,明天变得更令人厌倦。我从自身发现,没有一种感受力不是被适度愉悦充满的,但是我不觉得自己快乐。确实,人类有某种潜在的感觉,会告知自己这个地方不能令人愉悦,或者,在快乐之前,他有一些有别于感觉的渴望,必须先得到满足。”
The Happy Valley
Samuel Johnson
“What;” said he; “makes the difference between man and all the rest of the animal creation? Every beast that strays beside me has the same corporal necessities with myself; he is hungry; and crops the grass; he is thirsty; and drinks the stream; his thirst and hunger are appeased; he is satisfied and sleeps; he rises again and he is hungry; he is again fed and is at rest。 I am hungry and thirsty like him; but when thirst and hunger cease I am not at rest; I am; like him; pained with want; but I am not; like him; satisfied with fullness。 The intermediate hours are tedious and gloomy; I long again to be hungry that I may again quicken my attention。 The birds peck the berries or the corn; and fly away to the groves where they sit in seeming happiness on the branches; and waste their lives in tuning one unvaried series of sounds。 I likewise can call the lutanist and the singer; but the sounds that pleased me yesterday weary me today; and will grow yet more wearisome tomorrow。 I can discover within me no power of perception which is not glutted with its proper pleasure; yet I do not feel myself delighted。 Man has surely some latent sense for which this pl
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